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Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays
Edited by Frank Shay and Pierre Loving
This volume contains FIFTY REPRESENTATIVE ONE-ACT PLAYS of the MODERN THEATRE, chosen from the dramatic works of contemporary writers all over the world.
THE CONTENTS ARE
AUSTRIA: Schnitzler (Arthur)— BELGIUM: Maeterlinck (Maurice)—The Intruder BOLIVIA: More (Federico)—Interlude FRANCE: Ancey (George)—M. Lamblin Porto-Riche (Georges)—Francoise’s Luck GERMANY: Ettlinger (Karl)—Altruism von Hofmansthal (Hugo)—Madonna Dianora Wedekind (Frank)—The Tenor GREAT BRITAIN: Bennett (Arnold)—A Good Woman Calderon (George)—The Little Stone House Cannan (Gilbert)—Mary’s Wedding Dowson (Ernest)—The Pierrot of the Minute Ellis (Mrs. Havelock)—The Subjection of Kezia Hankin (St. John)—The Constant Lover INDIA: Mukerji (Dhan Gopal)—The Judgment of Indra IRELAND: Gregory (Lady)—The Workhouse Ward HOLLAND: Speenhoff (J. H.)—Louise HUNGARY: Biro (Lajos)—The Grandmother ITALY: Giacosa (Giuseppe)—The Rights of the Soul RUSSIA: Andreyev (Leonid)—Love of One’s Neighbor Tchekoff (Anton)—The Boor SPAIN: Benevente (Jacinto)—His Widow’s Husband Quinteros (Serafina and Joaquin Alvarez)—A Sunny Morning SWEDEN: Strindberg (August)—The Creditor Wied (Gustave)—Autumn Fires UNITED STATES: Beach (Lewis)—Brothers Cowan (Sada)—In the Morgue Crocker (Bosworth)—The Baby Carriage Cronyn (George W.)—A Death in Fever Flat Davies (Mary Carolyn)—The Slave with Two Faces Day (Frederic L.)—The Slump Flanner (Hildegarde)—Mansions Glaspell (Susan)—Trifles Gerstenberg (Alice)—The Pot Boiler Helburn (Theresa)—Enter the Hero Hudson (Holland)—The Shepherd in the Distance Kemp (Harry)—Boccaccio’s Untold Tale Langner (Lawrence)—Another Way Out Millay (Edna St. Vincent)—Aro da Capo Moeller (Philip)—Helena’s Husband MacMillan (Mary)—The Shadowed Star O’Neill (Eugene)—Ile Stevens (Thomas Wood)—The Nursery Maid of Heaven Stevens (Wallace)—Three Travelers Watch a Sunrise Tompkins (Frank G.)—Sham Walker (Stuart)—The Medicine Show Wellman (Rita)—For All Time Wilde (Percival)—The Finger of God YIDDISH: Ash (Sholom)—Night Pinski (David)—Forgotten Souls
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STEWART KIDD MODERN PLAYS Edited by Frank Shay